Honor the Fallen 5K & GORUCK
About this race
Welcome to Fallen 5K | Memorial Mile & GORUCK
Presented by The Grove & benefiting Memories of Honor
SATURDAY, MAY 2nd
🇺🇸 WHY PARTICIPATE?
✬ The mission of this event is to HONOR our nation's fallen heroes. HEAL the unseen wounds of war for both our surviving families and veterans. CONNECT surviving family members and veterans with the civilian community.
✬ Due to the generosity of our presenting sponsor, The Grove, and our other partners/sponsors, 100% of your registration fee is a direct donation to Memories of Honor.
✬ You can walk away knowing that you made a direct, lifelong, and meaningful impact on the lives of the families we serve.
👟 5K DIVISIONS REGISTRATION INCLUDES
- Event t-shirt* - Must Register by April 24th to secure a shirt
- Finishers Medal
- GORUCK Patch (for those signed up for GORUCK)
- The Fallen Hero Memorial bib contains the name of a fallen service member.
- Entry into the Memorial Mile
- Electronic Finisher's Certificate
- You get that amazing feeling when you do something for a cause bigger than yourself!
- Any purchased add-on items will be available for pickup with your packet.
🗓 SCHEDULE
EARLY PACKET PICKUP- TBA
South Gate: Parking: 5182 Wildings Blvd, College Grove
A detailed schedule is coming soon! 5K starts at 9 AM.
🏆 AWARDS
Everyone registered for and completing the 5K + GORUCK will receive a finisher's medal.
We have expanded our awards this year. Prizes will be awarded to the 1st & 2nd Place Male & Female finishers in each division listed below. The wheeled division will be 1st & 2nd regardless of age or gender. Please note that awards will NOT be mailed; you must pick them up during the ceremony. The RUCK division is noncompetitive.
- 14 & Under
- 15-19
- 20-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60-69
- 70+
- Wheeled (OPEN)
🏆 FUN AWARDS 🏆
- Most Patriotic Team (voted on by MOH staff)
- Largest Team
- Individual Fundraising Award
- Most money raised by a Fundraising Team
Pick your distance
Running
Run/Walk
Open to all competitive and non-competitive runners & walkers. Dogs and strollers are welcome.
GORUCK (Noncompetitive)
Participants doing this event must wear a weighted pack or weighted vest. This is a non-competitive division.
Walking
Memorial Mile with T-Shirt
1-mile Memorial Mile Walk w/event t-shirt (in-person only). If you have already signed up for one of the other divisions, the Memorial Mile walk is included in your registration.
MEMORIAL MILE (No Shirt)
This is a one-mile walk only without an event shirt. If you have already signed up for one of the other divisions, the Memorial Mile walk is included in your registration.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in College Grove, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:52 AM and sets at 7:34 PM local time (CDT) in College Grove on May 2, 2026 — 13h 41m of daylight.
Course
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- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 2 College Grove events
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